Swiss Drupal AI Hackathon

What an incredible afternoon of innovation!

On September 11th, the Swiss Drupal Association, as part of Swiss AI Weeks 2025, brought together over 25 Drupal developers and AI enthusiasts to the Liip office in Zurich for a dynamic session of experimentation and collaboration.

Attendees dove headfirst into the world of artificial intelligence, building impressive prototypes with Drupal AI.

The event culminated in a series of exciting presentations where six teams showcased their creative ideas, ranging from smart content tools to intelligent new workflows.

It was a vibrant atmosphere for learning and building. After careful deliberation by our expert jury, we are thrilled to congratulate the Webform AI team on winning the competition!

Thank you to everyone who participated and made the day a resounding success.

Nadia Fischer, Executive Product Leader

Nadia is a strategic Head of Product with over 15 years of experience in B2B SaaS, digital transformation, and AI. As Co-Founder and former CEO of Witty Works, she built an AI-powered SaaS from idea to market with global clients like LVMH, Patagonia, and Swiss Department of Defence.

She has led digital product strategy at PwC and product development at Liip, advised on digital and agile transformations, and driven measurable business impact across industries.

Passionate about the intersection of technology, AI, and product growth, Nadia now supports organizations like Siemens and Hyatt in leveraging AI for real-world outcomes.

Peter Wettstein, Technical Account Manager at amazee.io

Peter is a cloud services expert with a rich background at IBM, Interxion, and Nine Internet Solutions. At amazee.io, Peter champions customer-focused, infrastructure-first solutions - especially around the Drupal AI Provider, enabling Drupal developers to harness AI tools within secure, private cloud environments.

Peter’s blend of hands-on expertise, strategic thinking, and community engagement makes him a perfect mentor and advocate for innovation at the intersection of Drupal and AI.

Webform AI

With a focus on accessibility and alternative interaction methods for webforms, revolutionizing information collection.

This project showcased how AI can enhance user experience and streamline data input within Drupal, addressing critical needs in a highly innovative way.
 

Context Aware Alt Text

This team developed a Drupal module designed to automatically generate context-aware alt text for images.

Moving beyond simple image content analysis, their solution integrates surrounding page elements like titles, captions, and nearby text to create more meaningful and accurate descriptions.

This significantly helps editors meet WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards, improves SEO, and reduces editorial workload.
 

PDF to Paragraphs importer with AI Voodoo

Addressing the common pain point of content migration, this submission showcased a solution that transforms unstructured PDFs into structured Drupal content.

This project, integrated into the blökkli editor, intelligently combines docling with AI models to automate content migration into Paragraphs, drastically reducing manual effort.

Schema for AI Agent output when called from ECA

This project tackles a crucial challenge in AI-driven workflows: ensuring reliable data exchange.

The team enhanced the ECA module to provide a JSON schema, dictating the exact format of an AI agent's output.

This innovation ensures that subsequent processing of AI-generated data is perfectly reliable, significantly boosting the value of AI Agents in Drupal workflows.
 

QuantHub

The team presented an AI-powered GitHub for quants, transforming raw code into financial insight.

This innovative platform automatically explains strategy updates in plain language, detailing changes in signals, risk, and expected returns.

Open WebUI

This submission highlights the ease-of-use and power of open-source LLM models, including the Swiss AI model (Apertus), for all users.

The team demonstrated Open WebUI, an open-source framework that provides a ChatGPT-like experience without reliance on US infrastructure, enabling sovereign solutions particularly relevant for Swiss users.

This platform has the potential to become an invaluable companion, offering easy access to Drupal knowledge.